Imagine being a 10 year old boy living in Nairobi, Keyna in Africa.

Though Africa is a beautiful continent, you live in the slum area of Mathare Valley where all the shops, hotels, and houses of Nairobi dump roughly 1.5 tons of trash there everyday.  You and your friends battle poverty, drugs, and even lead poisoning from living next to this dump.

To top it off, your parents and grandparents repeatedly mention how the seasons, the landscape, and the climate have changed since they were young farmers living off the land.  What’s the solution?

One man’s waste is another man’s treasure. Take a look into another part of the world were a group of teenagers used their creativity to being hope and purpose into a life and death situation.

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This music video was written and developed by their group Wafalme in a partnership with Cultural Video Foundation and sponsored by Slum Talent Trust.  FYI: Click on this link to learn more about ACE’s New Year’s DOT video contest!!!